基于流程节点的流程优化技术研究

提出了基于流程节点的流程优化技术。以流程节点为研究对象,以流程优化为研究目标,在对流程节点进行拆分的基础上建立了基于流程节点的流程优化模型,并对流程优化技术进行深入的分析与研究。     

高校科研信息存储的优化

在高校科研管理工作中，科研秘书要对庞杂的信息进行处理和利用，如何优化信息存储策略，将直接影响科研管理的效率和效果。本文试分析高校科研信息存储中存在的问题，针对性地提出解决途径。     

关于高校助学贷款财务管理流程的思考——基于河北省某高校收费管理视角

以河北省某高校为例,针对高校助学贷款财务管理流程中出现的手工因素偏多、效率低下等问题,文章将数据库分析的方法融入原有财务管理流程,将助学贷款的确认和退费工作由逐个处理改进为批量化处理。经优化后的流程能准确高效地将贷款学生的贷款信息载入学生收费管理系统,将剩余贷款金额及时退还给贷款人,大大减少了收费管理部门和核算部门的工作量,为高校的收费管理工作提供了有益借鉴。     

基于流程节点的知识集成研究

文章根据流程的层次性对业务流程进行分解,给出流程节点的定义,并对流程节点中的知识活动进行分析,在此基础上构建基于流程节点的企业知识集成框架模型,实现组织流程管理与知识管理紧密结合。     

基于流程节点的质量管理模式研究

本文提出了一种基于流程节点的质量管理方法。通过对流程节点进行定义,分析流程节点的节点属性,建立起基于流程节点的质量管理体系,随后对各流程节点的质量影响因素进行了分析,简单的介绍了在该质量管理模式下如何对质量进行控制,让大家对基于流程节点的质量管理模式有个初步的了解和认识。     

基于流程节点的时间管理方法研究

提出了一种基于流程节点的时间管理方法。先对流程节点的时间属性进行分析,主要包括时间约束和时间冲突。在对流程节点时间属性分析的基础上,通过流程节点的时间调度算法实现对流程的基于流程节点的时间管理与控制。     

高校科研经费管理流程的研究与实践

经费管理是高校科研项目管理中的重要环节之一。由于在各高校科研经费管理中普遍存在管理工作强度大、科研经费管理制度不完善、职责分工不明确、科研经费拨款流程不规范、拨款时效性差等问题,为了解决上述问题,必须规范拨款流程、理顺经费管理流程。本文提出并设计了一个适合高校科研经费管理现状的科研经费管理流程,并通过其在在清华大学的实践证明效果良好。     

高校财务流程再造:一个方案设计

以业务流程再造理论为指导,采用系统改造法,设计适合高校的财务流程再造方案。方案基于改变高校传统财务管理观念与组织架构,力图规避我国高校现有财务流程的缺陷,从全面预算管理流程、风险预警管理流程和财务业务一体化的财务信息处理流程相协调的角度构造整体方案。     

业财融合背景下高校固定资产管理流程优化探讨

资产管理和财务管理是高校管理工作的重要组成部分,二者分离带来的诸多问题一直困扰着高校固定资产管理,随着大数据和物联网技术的发展,业财融合已成为高校固定资产管理的必然趋势.针对高校资产管理中存在的问题,文章利用数据化系统接口和RFID电子标签技术,分四个环节对固定资产管理流程进行优化融合,提高了固定资产使用效率,解决了学校师生资产业务办理耗时繁琐的难题,促进了高校财务系统的无纸化发展,以期提高资产管理部门和财务部门管理水平和服务质量,完善高校资产管理与财务管理全生命周期治理体系,实现资产管理与财务管理治理能力现代化.     

基于随机Petri网的铁路货运整车卸车流程优化

基于随机Petri网对铁路货运整车卸车流程进行建模,采用马尔科夫方法分析系统性能。在此基础上对现行铁路货运整车卸车流程进行诊断,得出既有铁路货运整车卸车流程存在着作业流程繁琐、智能化水平低、信息传递不畅、作业标准有待加强等问题;在此基础上,基于“提质增效”与“协调有序”两大优化准则对铁路货运整车卸车流程进行优化分析,结果表明：优化后整车卸车随机Petri网系统的响应时间以及吞吐能力均有所提高,系统的平均延时由优化前的414.92min变化为优化后的378.83min,缩短了36.09min,降低8.70%,卸车流程优化措施是有效的,优化后节点的吞吐与响应能力增强,卸车流程效率得到了大大提升。本研究旨在提高铁路货物运输组织效率,为持续深入的铁路货运改革提供参考。     

Development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics

This paper outlines the ICT statistical developments that the ABS has undertaken over recent years. These developments have been on both the supply side (ICT industry) and the demand side (use of IT by sector). The content of ABS ICT surveys has changed significantly over the last few years and are expected to develop further in line with industry changes and emerging policy needs.
Recent developments in household collections have been the inclusion of IT use questions in the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and in various ABS social surveys such as Children's Participation in Culture and Leisure Activities. Annual business IT use surveys are now conducted and include topics such as Internet commerce and IT security. Biennial ICT industry surveys are conducted to provide data on ICT production, imports and exports, ICT industry employment, performance and structure information. An Internet activity survey is run every six months and provides regional Internet access details and infrastructure details on Internet service providers.
A major development for 2002–03 will be the compilation of an ICT satellite account. ABS intends to produce an ICT Information Development Plan to guide its future statistical development work in the ICT field.     

Incumplimiento del salario mínimo en Europa central y oriental

En este estudio se analiza el incumplimiento del salario mínimo durante el periodo 2003–2012 en diez países de Europa central y oriental con salario mínimo obligatorio nacional. A partir de los datos de EU‐SILC y la metodología propuesta por Bhorat, Kanbur y Mayet (2013), se cuantifica la incidencia y magnitud del incumplimiento. Se realizan análisis de regresión sobre determinantes individuales, laborales y macroeconómicos. Aunque la incidencia permanece relativamente baja, los trabajadores a los que se dirigen las políticas de salario mínimo parecen los más expuestos a su incumplimiento. Con el tiempo, una mayor incidencia se asocia a una razón más alta entre salario mínimo y salario medio.     

Value at Risk in the Suburbs: Eminent Domain and the Geographical Politics of the US Foreclosure Crisis

Several US counties and local governments have recently considered a novel solution to the foreclosure crisis. They plan to use eminent domain to compel the owners of mortgage debt—and specifically of private‐label mortgage‐backed securities—to sell the debt to the government at a price reflecting the loan's market value. The government would then restructure the debt and resell it to new investors. The plans are striking because—in contrast to both development‐driven eminent domain and the federal subprime bank bailout—they would force investors to assume asset devaluation and increased long‐term risk. Notably, the plans have emerged as an instance of financialization‐focused politics in suburbs and suburban cities of color, specifically majority‐black and ‐Latino/a suburbs. Local support for the plans, we argue, is rooted in the long‐term disinvestment of these ‘suburbs of exception', which became targets of subprime lending and eventually sites where the ‘financial exception' has been localized. But these demographic shifts, fragmentation and fiscal pressures have at the same time created a suburban political terrain in which the plans have gained their strongest political support.     

Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization

Serendipity – the notion of making surprising and valuable discoveries – plays a major role in the success of individuals and organizations alike. Previous research has established the importance of serendipity and identified important individual- and organizational-level antecedents. However, the literature has been dispersed and the boundaries of the concept have been blurry, leading to a lack of conceptual clarity and structure, and thus limiting validity and managerial actionability. Based on a systematic literature review, I synthesize existing management-related research on serendipity and explicate the emergence and composition of serendipity in the organizational context. I first identify three necessary conditions that differentiate serendipity from related concepts such as luck or targeted innovation: agency, surprise, and value. Then, I draw from the literature on sensemaking, event-based theorizing, and quantum-based approaches to management to conceptualize the process of cultivating serendipity in the organizational context as a process of enabling potentiality and materialization, and develop a multi-level theory of (cultivating) serendipity. This conceptualization contributes to our collective understanding of how, why, and when (i.e., under what conditions) organizations can leverage the value in the unexpected, which opens up fruitful avenues for further research.     

Accountability of NGOs in Bangladesh A critical overview

NGOs in Bangladesh have been recognized as effective change agents in the socio-economic arena throughout the world. Their contributions in micro credit, non-formal education and primary health care are widely known. NGOs play a significant role in society. NGO accountability, as a result, has become a critical issue. NGO accountability in Bangladesh has been examined here in relation to patrons, clients and themselves. Of the three relationships only accountability to patrons is in a near satisfactory state. Accountability to clients is handicapped by lack of opportunities of beneficiaries to participate meaningfully in NGO policy making. Accountability to themselves is adversely affected due to the adherence to a strictly hierarchical system and the influence of founding and charismatic NGO leaders.     

Towards an Asian model of human resource management? A comparative analysis of China,Japan and South Korea

There has been much discussion regarding the possible decline and weakening of national systems of human resource management (HRM). Yet, culture and institutions are often cited as the major stumbling blocks to this outcome. Such constraints may dissipate in the analysis, particularly if ‘regional clusters’ are considered where geographic and cultural closeness and ‘openness’ to similar economic pressures exist. In such cases, it might be postulated that convergence in HRM will occur. We argue that China, Japan and South Korea represent such a cluster. This article examines these countries, to see if a degree of convergence is taking place and if it is towards an identifiable ‘Asian’ model of HRM. A model of change is presented that distinguishes between levels of occurrence and acceptance. Details of the development and practice of HRM in each country are then set out. The article ends with a discussion and implications section and a brief conclusion.     

Cultural Economy Planning in Creative Cities: Discourse and Practice

While a growing body of research analyses the functional mechanisms of the cultural or creative economy, there has been little attention devoted to understanding how local governments translate this work into policy. Moreover, research in this vein focuses predominately on Richard Florida's creative class thesis rather than considering the wider body of work that may influence policy. This article seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how municipalities conceptualize and plan for the cultural economy through the lens of two cities held up as model ‘creative cities’ — Austin, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. The work pays particular attention to how the cities adopt and adapt leading theories, strategies and discourses of the cultural economy. While policy documents indicate that the cities embrace the creative city model, in practice agencies tend to adapt conventional economic development strategies for cultural economy activity and appropriate the language of the creative city for multiple purposes.     

Input/output ranges and performance: an examination of US machine tool producers

Despite the establishment of high-tech multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Ireland since the late 1950s, the country did not succeed in closing the technological gap with most of its EU counterparts. The weak National System of Innovation (NSI), and in particular low business and government R&D levels, combined with a lack of research and technology linkages between MNEs and indigenous firms, explain these poor results. However, the Shannon region in the West of the country presents some specific institutional characteristics that could theoretically make the region a strong technological enclave. The various actors in the region - i.e. the administrative, financial, political and research institutions, as well as the business organizations - have indeed infused a new type of economic development. After a brief review of the available concepts and models articulated around these actors and their interrelationships, the paper analyses whether the Shannon region, taken as an illustrative example, mirrors a specific economic and technological localized setting. The study is based on a survey of indigenous and foreign firms.     

Sixty years of discrimination and diversity research in human resource management: A review with suggestions for future research directions

This article reviews discrimination and diversity research published in Human Resource Management (HRM) over the past 60 years. While discrimination and diversity are very different constructs, it is often informative to study them together, because when people recognize each other's diversity, this can result in bias, stereotyping, and discrimination. We conducted bibliographic searches for terms related to discrimination and diversity as well as a manual search through every title and abstract published in HRM over the last 60 years to assess article relevance. The search resulted in 135 research articles with 136 unique studies (i.e., samples) which are reviewed in this article. Sex and race are the demographics that have been examined the most in HRM, while religion has been examined the least. Moreover, the number of studies examining lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) employees in the workplace in HRM has grown quickly within the past 10 years, culminating in a recent meta‐analysis. Our review looks at some of the earliest research published, the most recent research published, and the overall trends we identified in the research over the years for both discrimination and diversity articles. We then make future research suggestions and recommendations to advance the study of discrimination and diversity in the coming years.     

Multinomial distributions applied to random sampling of particulate materials

When sampling a batch consisting of particulate material, the distribution of a sample estimator can be characterized using knowledge about the sample drawing process. With Bernoulli sampling, the number of particles in the sample is binomially distributed. Because this is rarely realized in practice, we propose a sampling design in which the possible samples have a nearly equal mass. Expected values and variances of the sample estimator are calculated. It is shown that the sample estimator becomes identical to the Horvitz–Thompson estimator in the case of a large batch-to-sample mass ratio and a large sample mass. Simulations and experiments were performed to test the theory. Simulations confirm that the round-off error due to the discrete nature of particles is negligible for large sample sizes. Sampling experiments were carried out with a mixture of PolyPropylene (PP) and PolyTetraFluorEthylene (PTFE) spheres suspended in a viscous medium. The measured and theoretical variations are in good agreement.